List of counties in Minnesota

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The US -American state of Minnesota 's 87 counties divided. The official abbreviation for Minnesota is MN and the FIPS code is 27 . The FIPS code of each individual counties therefore always starts with 27 , followed by the three-digit number for each county as shown in the table.

The population figures shown in the table are based on the results of the 2010 census .

county FIPS code County Seat founding origin Origin of name Residents
2010
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Aitkin 001 Aitkin 1857 Pine County, Ramsey County William Alexander Aitken (1785–1851), one of the first white traders with the Ojibwe 16.202 4,712 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Aitkin County.svg
Anoka 003 Anoka 1857 Ramsey County Lakota word for "both sides" 330,844 1,097 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Anoka County.svg
Becker 005 Detroit Lakes 1858 Cass County, Pembina County George Loomis Becker (1829–1904), Senator in Minnesota and Mayor of Saint Paul (1856–1857) 32.504 3,394 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Becker County.svg
Beltrami 007 Bemidji 1866 Indian Land as well as Itasca County, Pembina County, Polk County Giacomo Beltrami , Italian explorer, explored the upper reaches of the Mississippi 44,442 6,489 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Beltrami County.svg
Benton 009 Foley 1849 One of the nine original counties Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), US Senator from Missouri (1821-1851) 38,451 1,057 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Benton County.svg
Big Stone 011 Ortonville 1862 Pierce County Big Stone Lake , a county located lake 5,269 1,287 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Big Stone County.svg
Blue earth 013 Mankato 1853 Indian Land, Dakota County The Blue Earth River flows through the county 64.013 1,949 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Blue Earth County.svg
Brown 015 New Ulm 1855 Blue Earth County Joseph R. Brown (1805–1870), Minnesota Territory Pioneer and MP (1854–55) 25,893 1,582 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Brown County.svg
Carlton 017 Carlton 1857 Pine County, St. Louis County Rueben B. Carlton (1812–1863), Minnesota pioneer and senator (1857–1858) 35,386 2,228 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Carlton County.svg
Carver 019 Chaska 1855 Hennepin County, Sibley County Jonathan Carver (1710–1780), early explorer and cartographer of the Mississippi area 91,042 925 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Carver County.svg
Cass 021 Walker 1851 Dakota County, Pembina County, Mankahto County, Wahnata County Lewis Cass (1782–1866), US Senator from Michigan (1845–1857) US Secretary of State (1831–1836) 28,567 5,226 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Cass County.svg
Chippewa 023 Montevideo 1870 Pierce County, Davis County The Chippewa River flows through the county 12,441 1,509 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Chippewa County.svg
Chisago 025 Center City 1851 Washington County, Ramsey County Chisago Lake , a county located lake 53,887 1,082 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Chisago County.svg
Clay 027 Moorhead 1862 Pembina County Henry Clay (1777–1852), Kentucky politician and ninth US Secretary of State (1825–1829) 58,999 2,707 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Clay County.svg
Clearwater 029 Bagley 1902 Beltrami County The Clearwater River flows through the county 8,695 2,576 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Clearwater County.svg
cook 031 Grand Marais 1874 Lake County Michael Cook , Minnesota Senator (1857–1862) 5,176 3,757 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Cook County.svg
Cottonwood 033 Windom 1857 Brown County The Cottonwood River flows through the county 11,687 1,658 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Cottonwood County.svg
Crow Wing 035 Brainerd 1857 Ramsey County The Crow Wing River flows through the county 62,500 2,581 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Crow Wing County.svg
Dakota 037 Hastings 1849 One of the nine original counties Indian tribe of the Dakota 398,552 1,475 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Dakota County.svg
Dodge 039 Mantorville 1855 Rice County, Indian Land Henry Dodge (1782–1867), first governor of the Wisconsin Territory (1836–1841 and 1845–1848) 20,087 1,138 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Dodge County.svg
Douglas 041 Alexandria 1858 Cass County, Pembina County Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), US Senator from Illinois (1847–1861), presidential candidate against Abraham Lincoln 36.009 1,643 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Douglas County.svg
Faribault 043 Blue earth 1855 Blue Earth County Jean-Baptiste Faribault (1775–1860), one of the first settlers and fur traders 14,553 1,848 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Faribault County.svg
Fillmore 045 Preston 1853 Wabasha County Millard Fillmore (1800–1874), thirteenth President of the United States (1850–1853) 20,866 2,231 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Fillmore County.svg
Freeborn 047 Albert Lea 1855 Blue Earth County, Rice County William S. Freeborn (1816–1900), MP in the Minnesota Territory 31,255 1,833 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Freeborn County.svg
Goodhue 049 Red Wing 1853 Wabasha County, Dakota County James Madison Goodhue (1810-1852), first newspaper publisher in Minnesota 46.183 1,964 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Goodhue County.svg
Grant 051 Elbow Lake 1868 Stevens County, Wilkin County, Traverse County Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), General in the United States Army and 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) 6,018 1,415 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Grant County.svg
Hennepin 053 Minneapolis 1852 Dakota County Louis Hennepin (1626–1705), a Belgian missionary and early explorer of the area around today's Twin Cities 1,152,425 1,442 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Hennepin County.svg
Houston 055 Caledonia 1854 Fillmore County Sam Houston (1793–1863), second and fourth President of the Republic of Texas (1836–1836 and 1841–1844) and seventh Governor of Texas (1859–1861) 19,027 1,446 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Houston County.svg
Hubbard 057 Park Rapids 1883 Cass County Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836–1913), ninth Governor of Minnesota (1882–1887) 20,428 2,389 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Hubbard County.svg
Isanti 059 Cambridge 1857 Ramsey County Name of a sub-tribe of the Dakota 37,816 1,137 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Isanti County.svg
Itasca 061 Grand Rapids 1849 One of the nine original counties Lake Itasca , source lake of the Mississippi River 45,058 6,902 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Itasca County.svg
Jackson 063 Jackson 1857 Brown County Henry Jackson , MP in the Minnesota Territory 10,266 1,817 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Jackson County.svg
Kanabec 065 Mora 1858 Pine County Kan-a-bec-o-si-pi Qjibwe -word for Snake River (Snake River), which flows through the County 16,239 1,360 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Kanabec County.svg
Kandiyohi 067 Willmar 1858 Meeker County, Renville County, Pierce County, Davis County, Stearns County Lakota word for "buffalo fish" 42,239 2,062 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Kandiyohi County.svg
Kittson 069 Hallock 1879 Pembina County Norman Kittson (1814-1888), businessman and Mayor of Saint Paul (1858-1859) 4,552 2,841 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Kittson County.svg
Koochiching 071 International Falls 1806 Itasca County Indian expression 13,311 8,035 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Koochiching County.svg
Lac qui Parle 073 Madison 1863 Redwood County French expression for "lake that speaks" 7,259 1,981 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Lac qui Parle County.svg
Lake 075 Two harbors 1856 Itasca County Lake Superior (Lake Superior) to which the adjacent County 10,866 5,437 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Lake County.svg
Lake of the Woods 077 Baudette 1923 Beltrami County Lake of the Woods , on the shore of which the county borders 4,045 3,358 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Lake of the Woods County.svg
Le Sueur 079 Le Center 1853 Dakota County Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (1657–1704), fur trader and one of the first to explore the Minnesota River area 27,703 1,162 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Le Sueur County.svg
Lincoln 081 Ivanhoe 1873 Lyon County Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) 5,896 1,391 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Lincoln County.svg
Lyon 083 Marshall 1871 Redwood County Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), General of the Union Army in the Civil War was 25,857 1,850 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Lyon County.svg
McLeod 085 Glencoe 1856 Carver County, Sibley County Martin McLeod , Minnesota Territory MP (1849-1856) 36,651 1,274 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting McLeod County.svg
Reminders 087 Reminders 1906 Norman County Ojibwe word for "wild rice" 5,413 1,440 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Mahnomen County.svg
Marshall 089 Warren 1879 Kittson County William Rainey Marshall (1825–1896), fifth Governor of Minnesota (1866–1870) 9,439 4,590 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Marshall County.svg
Martin 091 Fairmont 1857 Faribault County, Brown County Morgan Lewis Martin , US Congressman from the Wisconsin Territory 20,840 1,837 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Martin County.svg
Meeker 093 Litchfield 1856 Davis County Bradley B. Meeker (1813–1873), Minnesota Territory Supreme Court Justice (1849–1853) 23,300 1,576 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Meeker County.svg
Mille Lacs 095 Milaca 1857 Ramsey County Mille Lacs Lake , a county lake 26.097 1,488 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Mille Lacs County.svg
Morrison 097 Little Falls 1856 Benton County William and Allan Morrison , fur trading brothers 33,198 2,912 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Morrison County.svg
Mower 099 Austin 1855 Rice County John Edward Mower (1815–1879), MP in the Minnesota Territory in the 1850s 39.163 1,843 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Mower County.svg
Murray 101 Slayton 1857 Brown County William Pitt Murray (1825-1910), MP in the Minnesota Territory (1852-1855 and 1857) 8,725 1,824 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Murray County.svg
Nicollet 103 Saint Peter 1853 Dakota County Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786–1843), early explorer and cartographer of the Mississippi region 32,727 1,171 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Nicollet County.svg
Classy 105 Worthington 1857 Brown County William H. Nobles , MP in the Minnesota Territory (1854-1856) 21,378 1,853 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Nobles County.svg
Norman 107 Ada 1881 Polk County The first Norwegian settlers, including "Normans" (Engl .: " Norman called") 6,852 2,270 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Norman County.svg
Olmsted 109 Rochester 1855 Fillmore County, Wabasha County, Rice County David Olmsted , first Mayor of Saint Paul and MP in the Minnesota Territory (1849–1850) 144,248 1,691 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Olmsted County.svg
Otter Tail 111 Fergus Falls 1858 Pembina County, Cass County Otter Tail Lake , the largest lake in the county 57,303 5,127 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Otter Tail County.svg
Pennington 113 Thief River Falls 1910 Red Lake County Edmund Pennington (born 1848), Chairman of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 13,930 1,597 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Pennington County.svg
Pine 115 Pine City 1856 Chisago County, Ramsey County Vast forests with White Pine - and Red Rine - Inventory 29,750 3,655 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Pine County.svg
Pipestone 117 Pipestone 1857 Brown County Occurrence of the "sacred whistle stone" of the Dakota 9,596 1,207 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Pipestone County.svg
Polk 119 Crookston 1858 Pembina County James K. Polk (1795–1849), eleventh President of the United States (1845–1849) 31,600 5,103 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Polk County.svg
Pope 121 Glenwood 1862 Pierce County, Cass County, Indian Land John Pope (1822–1892), General in the US Army , fought in the Civil War and the Sioux uprising in 1862 10,995 1,736 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Pope County.svg
Ramsey 123 Saint Paul 1849 One of the nine original counties Alexander Ramsey (1815–1903), second governor of Minnesota (1860–1863) 508,640 403 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Ramsey County.svg
Red Lake 125 Red Lake Falls 1896 Polk County The Red Lake River runs through the county 4,089 1,120 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Red Lake County.svg
redwood 127 Redwood Falls 1862 Brown County The Redwood River flows through the county 16,059 2,278 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Redwood County.svg
Renville 129 Olivia 1855 Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County Joseph Renville (1779–1846), interpreter on many voyages of discovery after the Louisiana Purchase 15,730 2,546 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Renville County.svg
Rice 131 Faribault 1853 Dakota County, Wabasha County Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894), US Senator from Minnesota (1858–1863) 64,142 1,289 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Rice County.svg
skirt 133 Luverne 1857 Brown County Rocky plateau in the county 9,687 1,250 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Rock County.svg
Roseau 135 Roseau 1894 Kittson County, Beltrami County The Roseau River flows through the county 15,629 4,306 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Roseau County.svg
St. Louis 137 Duluth 1855 Itasca County, Newton County The St. Louis River flows through the county 200.226 16,123 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Saint Louis County.svg
Scott 139 Shakopee 1853 Dakota County General Winfield Scott (1786–1866) served in the US Army from 1808 to 1861 . 129,928 924 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Scott County.svg
Sherburne 141 Elk River 1856 Benton County Moses Sherburne (1813–1873), Supreme Court Justice of the Minnesota Territory (1853–1857) 88,499 1,130 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Sherburne County.svg
Sibley 143 Gaylord 1853 Dakota County Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891), first governor of Minnesota (1858–1860) 15,226 1,525 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Sibley County.svg
Stearns 145 St. Cloud 1855 Cass County, Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County Charles Thomas Stearns (1814–1888), one of the first settlers of St. Cloud and MP in Minnesota (1849–1858) 150,642 3,482 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Stearns County.svg
Steele 147 Owatonna 1855 Rice County, Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County Franklin Steele (1813-1880), early settler in Minneapolis, was a dam in the area of Saint Anthony Falls Create 36,576 1,113 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Steele County.svg
Stevens 149 Morris 1862 Pierce County, Indian Land Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818–1862), first governor of the Washington Territory (1853–1857) 9,726 1,456 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Stevens County.svg
Swift 151 Benson 1870 Chippewa County Henry Adoniram Swift (1823–1869), third governor of Minnesota (1863–1864) 9,783 1,926 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Swift County.svg
Todd 153 Long prairie 1855 Cass County John Blair Smith Todd , general in the American Civil War ; MP (1861 and 1863–65) in the Dakota Territory 24,895 2,440 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Todd County.svg
traverse 155 Wheaton 1862 Pierce County, Indian Land Lake Traverse, a county lake 3,558 1,487 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Traverse County.svg
Wabasha 157 Wabasha 1849 One of the nine original counties Wabasha III, chief of the Mdewakanton Indian tribe 21,676 1,360 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Wabasha County.svg
Wadena 159 Wadena 1858 Cass County, Todd County Ojibwe word for "small round hill" 13,843 1,386 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Wadena County.svg
Waseca 161 Waseca 1857 Steele County Lakota word for "rich and productive" 19,136 1,096 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Waseca County.svg
Washington 163 Stillwater 1849 One of the nine original counties George Washington (1732–1799), first President of the United States (1789–1797) 238.136 1,014 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Washington County.svg
Watonwan 165 Saint James 1860 Brown County The Watonwan River flows through the county. 11,211 1,125 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Watonwan County.svg
Wilkin 167 Breckenridge 1858 Cass County, Pembina County Alexander Wilkin (1820–1864), Minnesota politician and military, died in the American Civil War 6,576 1,946 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Wilkin County.svg
Winona 169 Winona 1854 Fillmore County, Wabasha County Wee-No-Nah, relative of Indian chief Wabasha III 51,461 1,622 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Winona County.svg
Wright 171 Buffalo 1855 Cass County, Sibley County Silas Wright (1795–1847), US Senator from New York (1833–1844) 124,700 1,711 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Wright County.svg
Yellow Medicine 173 Granite Falls 1871 Redwood County The Yellow Medicine River flows through the county. 10,438 1,963 km² Map of Minnesota highlighting Yellow Medicine County.svg

Individual evidence

  1. US Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of December 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 16, 2011
  3. US Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of December 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Figures in square miles - converted to square kilometers
  4. History of Goodhue County ( June 6, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )